#BC4F38#BC4F38

#BC4F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.146 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F38
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 42.49, 35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 55.18, 39.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1217 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.146 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2512, 16.5720, 5.6623)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F38 #38A5BC

analogous

#BC3863 #BC4F38 #BC9138

triadic

#BC4F38 #38BC4F #4F38BC

tetradic

#BC4F38 #63BC38 #38A5BC #9138BC

square

#BC4F38 #63BC38 #38A5BC #9138BC

split-complementary

#BC4F38 #38BC91 #3863BC

monochromatic

#5E271C #8D3B2A #BC4F38 #D07561 #DE9E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC4F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC4F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F38

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F38	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.146 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7846f',
    500: '#bc4f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f38;
$custom-light: #d7846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5654,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F38

secondary

#87BDC9

accent

#C4DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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